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because printing FIAT money is meaningless in this equation at the end of the day. all its used for is to bail out corporations ,in other words pay out their bonuses while they raise prices on us. printing money is a symptom not the issue. corporate greed is the issue. unending growth is the the issue. profits over people is the issue.
corporate greed, usury, corporations de-valuing labor, intellectual property and over production of bs products, fast fashion and built in obsolescence. corporate bail outs, corporate bonuses and insane profit, price gouging by corporations, hazardous working conditions, environmental impacts by corps, THESE are the issues. stop pretending its our monopoly money that's the real issue. the monopoly money is the scape goat Fox Entertainment sells you all.
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You lost me on the explanation of how BLM lost momentum.
i understand the concepts you put forward. their application and how they work to corrode movements. and i agree they can be effective tools. i also agree that co-opting was part of BLM desolving.
these movements didn't hold their ground, didn't hold representatives accountable. these movements were spectacles to begin with. The importance of PR , media representation, holding members and alleged political allies accountable, is extremely important but was not done in the BLM movement. (if it was, it failed to percolate into mass media in any meaningful way) 'bread and circus' a time tested tool, the fact that the left can't get their PR strategy in check is frightening and disheartening.
"Bowser can somewhat credibly position herself on the side of revolutionaries while firmly maintaining the oppressive status quo they are revolting against, in a way, killing the subversive moment."
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absolutely she should not have been able too get credit. but BLM was not organized in such a way to protect itself from this threat. it had no spokes person, platform , or enforcement to denounce Bowser in any meaningful way.
"Endlessly co-opted movements for liberation become watered down " ..."they’ve successfully been defanged by an advanced system of recuperation "
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again i understand the principles you described to make these statements. but 'An estimated 15 million to 26 million people participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the United States' these are not small numbers. to defang this many people ? with these tactics speaks volumes to me; that they didn't have fang. They all had apposable thumbs to send hashtags but fangs they had not.
co-opting is absolutely a real threat. a threat BLM did not have plans to guard against.
p.s.
decided to see what BLM was up to in 2022:
"news" headlines:
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"BLM has $60M on hand — but who controls it is unclear, report shows"
"Anger over BLM's purchase of $8.1 million Toronto mansion grows as group's finances scrutinized"
"BLM chapter fumes about shot cops automatically being deemed 'heroes'"
"Lisa Barlow was 'surprised' by Jennie Nguyen's anti-BLM Facebook posts"
"Bravo fires Jennie Nguyen from 'RHOSLC' over her past anti-BLM, pro-police posts"
"Judge dismisses charges against BLM protester Jamaica Miles"
"Missouri couple who 'ate up' right-wing coverage of BLM protests gets probation in Capitol riot case"
"Leaked emails from LA mayor's top aide rip 'annoying' BLM, and 'f-ing' lefty priorities: report"
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mostly right leaning of course because the left has no real foothold in the media. but even more progressive outlets are just covering celebrities behaving badly material.
BLM webpage:
8 Years Strong
PRA (People’s Response Act) Day Videos
#ExpandTheCourt
#BlackWomenAreDivine Is Back!
Statement Regarding the Ongoing Trial of Jussie Smollett
Help Us Fight Disinformation
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no mention or active coverage of the trial of the other 3 cops in George Floyds murder.
no continuing coverage on all the other human rights violations being committed by police.
no active bulletin of all chapters activities, on going projects, contacts
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its like she is ALMOST there realizing that capitalism isn't what were are told it is.
just ALMOST there.
she is ALMOST for unionizing. she's ALMOST for worker leverage, she's ALMOST for holding these corps accountable
instead, what is her answer, 'see something , get out of dodge.'
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What we really need is whistleblower protections.
We need unions of people protecting our rights
Regulations and laws to bring these corps to justice. a justice system that HEAVILY penalize the BOARD MEMEBERS of these corps in such a way that THEY are financially crippled. none of this stuff where they are shielded by the corporations "personhood" status. when corps commit these crimes against the people of the united states it is a direct attack on our tranquility. keeping the population in fear, powerless.
We need a paradigm shift from profit driven economy to a wellness driven economy.
The Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect UNION , establish JUSTICE , insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY provide for the common defence, promote the GENERAL WELFARE , and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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great lesson on how we got here..... but what about action?
i'll dive into the primary source.....
"Epilogue on the Movement against Capitalist Globalization" ... was ... disappointing.
it then linked to "Why We Don't Make Demands" ... which tries to make a case... but fails
i will go into "Why We Don't Make Demands" as it is trying to make a position that is more interesting .....
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". When was the last time 400,000 people were anywhere in New York without the police arresting anyone? That was protest not just as pressure valve, but as active pacification—as a way of diminishing the friction between protesters and the order they oppose. " - i agree here that protests are a pressure release, not action.
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"Limiting a movement to specific demands stifles diversity, setting it up for failure." ... they are not wrong that making demands also shows your hand.. that's fair. but it's also the reality of the situation. if you do not want to make demands, then you are not even playing the same game. and if you are not playing the same game then the people with the guns can just crush you. all the examples in the essays are not showing the reality that the movements did not have actual strength behind them. they were facades. seizing a location with no power extraction from that location does nothing. creating power vacuums does nothing if they are not filled.
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i'll give these articles one thing... they make me REALLY understand why the left's tactics bother me so much.
they yell about problems but also don't have solutions and reject other peoples solutions. they are like people that have not explored their emotional responses and can't express them coherently, they just flail in frustration with emotional dysregulation.
"It’s not our job to present ready-made solutions that the masses can applaud from the sidelines; leave that to demagogues. Our challenge, rather, is to create spaces where people can discuss and implement solutions directly, on an ongoing and collective basis. Rather than proposing quick fixes, we should be spreading new practices. We don’t need blueprints, but points of departure."
lets break this down:
"create spaces where people can discuss and implement solutions directly"
ok... so do that... buy land, incorporate a town, and so this.
"spreading new practices."
sure.. they can do that right now in their affinity cells and then in their towns.
"We don’t need blueprints, but points of departure.""
this is just rhetoric. unless we are to admit that the systems as they are , are actually ok.. and all the left is asking for is for THEM to depart ... but they can , see the point about building their own towns.
"Rather than proposing quick fixes,"
yup... nothing i just laid out is quick
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"Our one demand: don’t mess with us."
lets remember this is EXACTLY what jan6th-insurrectionists want.
it is incredible how fascists are better at using direct action other anarchist techniques then the left.
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one of the largest issues is that people fall for lifestyle media.
people think they are "middle class" because they simply do not want to call themselves poor. they think if they have any income, a roof and food, that hey are middle class, utterly baffelling to me.
i have had discussions with people that in all reality 100k is barely surviving to any level of future prospects. just throwing together some rough numbers shows that 114k gross covers only the most basic financial grounds.
i am not talking about destitution or poverty here. i am talking about the workings class that thinks they are doing ok, especially the ones that think they are "middle class". sorry... middle class ,IMO regardless of what forbes says, middle class doesn't even start till you have 250k ... and even that is subject to being not in a city. if your in a city reporting states you need 3x to have the same purchase power.
the rough numbers i have here don't even cover gifts, outings, vacation. this is just survival today, and a retirement account and it sill comes up to $114,000.
100k should be the standard UBI
( but lets be real, capitalists will raise prices to take UBI from us in every way they can )
Yearly
gross $114,375.00
Tax est. 0.25
net $91,500.00
401k $22,500.00
Stock investments $12,000.00
Bonds $10,000.00
Savings $12,000.00
Rent $24,000.00
Food $5,000.00
Medical premiums $1,500.00
Medical deductibles $3,000.00
Transportation $1,500.00
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i can't help to feel let down by this video. It does not have the 'fight the system from within' advice and 'this is how you avoid being screwed' knowledge that i have come to appreciate form this channel.
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not dying in a plane crash is not more efficient because of competition, its because people were dying and that's a crime.
not having shaky, noisy, slow planes now stems from 60 years of technology and logistic advancements, not competition.
significantly reduces the per head price compared to the $1500 cost in 1960 was because of the disregard for the humanity of the clients. Cramming in more people on the plane, reducing food quality and eliminating amenities.
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if WE THE PEOPLE , not "the government" , need to bail out an airline we should be getting even BETTER pricing on flights.
this should have been an exposé on where the airlines skim their profits from, not making Excuses for airline profiteering.
"That will make a total of $79 billion in airline bailout: $50 billion in the CARES Act ($25 billion in payroll support and $25 billion in subsidized loans), $15 billion in December 2020, and finally $14 billion for commercial airlines as part of the American Rescue Plan." - https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-third-airline-bailout-is-no-better-than-the-first-two-bailouts/
"The airlines still see thin profit margins, in the years they come out ahead at all." - 2020 pre-covid numbers show the airline industry NETing 26.4 BILLION dollars. the industry as a whole between 2006 thru pre-covid 2020 only saw a negative net profit in 2008 and 2009. - https://www.statista.com/statistics/232513/net-profit-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/
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@NappyWayz
"It is like staying in an abusive marriage just because you want to change the abuser vs finding a place that values you."
i see what you mean by this but i would counter with the example of the police. if i was a good cop that wanted to do good community building and be a guiding force, but i worked in a corrupt precinct. the answer is not to have all the good cops quit, that would lead to a COMPLETLEY bad cop force. its a fight but i would want to be the good cop that changes the institution from the inside. Serpico all the way.
also a job is not a marriage, its not a family, it is simply a contract of time and task for compensation. though traditional marriages are no more than contracts as well, a more modern marriage concept tends to be less contract more companionship in my experience. but that is a very culture specific view on marriage.
"Questions for you, have you changed a company that you worked for? Have you started a union? Have you helped increased salaries to a living wage? Are still working at your first job or second job trying to fight for change? Has it worked? Have you changed the paradigm?"
- i have gotten changes implemented at jobs that bettered my co-workers.
- i have not started a union but i have been in unions.
- "increased salaries" i wish i was able to do that. no, i was only able to get accountability from a job to pay proper overtime. people were losing 1hr+ a week for overtime the company refused to acknowledge. i got them their owed pay.
- i have stayed at jobs to fight, i have moved on from jobs that i was tired of fighting at. every battle at a job is different. some are winnable some are hopeless. i've tried my best to know the difference.
- i have tried to change the paradigm in my own spheres. i have swayed a few friends some family, some co-workers. i have developed my own changes. but these individual changes are drops in the ocean. good changes, but a slow process. it would be nice to see the dams break.
no doubt my views are based on what i have accomplished and what goals i fail to accomplish every day that i can't do them. unquestionably i have not found a "community" of mutual consideration.
yup, it is true that each person DOES think they are doing the right thing. or at least what is right for the situation at the time with the information they have at hand. i am not one to think that people have blanket malice in their actions.... for the most part. some people are just monsters. but even malicious people have a past and story as to how they got to that framework.
"Personally, I have find it better to find job that has a great mission to help others. Therefore, my job reflects my beliefs, and they pay well enough that I can put my income into other things that I believe in. "
i love to hear your success. we really do need to reward good people doing good work.
i appreciate your time and conversation.
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@Seanus32
some key words you used as worrying, IMO...
"dissociation from spirit"
"The soul has been diminished"
" prospects of hooking up "
what i am hearing is Solitude as a cope. like when people say they are "hyper-solo". i am hearing some red-pill-esque / MGTOW self isolation.
but like i said above "patterns that work for you".
i appreciate yearling your understanding of those words differences.
---- i find most solitude is not a choice. of course it can be.
the wiki definiton "Solitude, also known as social withdrawal, is a state of seclusion or isolation, meaning lack of socialisation.
Long-term solitude may stem from soured relationships, loss of loved ones, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders such as circadian rhythm sleep disorder, or circumstances of employment or situation."
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@truther001 what are you talking about... my school was fantastic and it is in "cities or states like California." ...
what do you call a "great schools " ?
the 10 commandments in the class room, (Texas is among at least 14 states where legislators aim to reintroduce Christian principles in public schools.)
corporal punishment (including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.)
these 2 items immediately make these school systems un-constitutional. against the 1st and 4th amendments.
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cahtGPT responds like this:
Even if someone has no specialized skills, abilities, or assets, they can still contribute meaningfully to movements for democracy and justice. Here are some ways they can help:
1. Showing Up & Participating
Attend protests, meetings, and community events
Be part of a crowd to boost numbers at demonstrations
Hold signs or distribute flyers
Join marches and walkouts
2. Supporting Organizers & Protesters
Bring water, food, or supplies to activists
Offer rides to events for people without transportation
Provide a place for others to rest or recharge
Act as a lookout or de-escalator at events
3. Spreading Awareness
Share important news and calls to action on social media
Talk to friends, family, and coworkers about issues
Hand out pamphlets or post flyers
Call and email representatives about policies
4. Doing Small, Repetitive Tasks That Help Organizers
Stuff envelopes or prepare mailings for advocacy groups
Make phone calls for voter outreach or petitions
Help set up or clean up after events
Translate materials for non-English speakers
5. Participating in Economic Resistance
Boycott exploitative corporations
Move their money from big banks to credit unions
Buy from and promote local businesses and worker co-ops
Participate in mutual aid by donating extra food, clothes, or time
6. Learning & Growing
Educate themselves on important issues
Watch documentaries, read books, and listen to activists
Take free online courses on organizing, law, or history
Join discussion groups or study circles
7. Moral & Emotional Support
Encourage and uplift people who are doing the work
Be a listener for friends struggling with burnout
Offer words of solidarity and appreciation to activists
A person doesn’t need special skills or resources to help create change—every small effort contributes to a larger movement.
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i think there are some gaps here. the question of WHY we are even on our phones so much is a bigger issue. ( i.e. capitalism)
the fact that we are on our phones while watching a movie is a SYMPTOM, imo. ( i would say a symptom of capitalism commodifying everything. that lack of control in ones life then leads to escapism, but all we have is more capitalist entertainment to escape into. )
as for notifications, they need to check the anxiety of mothers in one room and their crying babies in the other. there is a drive to respond to people calling you. and that's what phones are, communication machines. i would say we are pretty wired to see social behavior.
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this kind of burden is terrible.
phones should be privacy, security, and mental health focused by DEFAULT. and if a person wants they dacan disable specific features.
the default should be safety.
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again .. capitalism.
content content content . the 90's did not have searchable, streamable content.
the women who said , she does listen to news..... that's insanity to me. ( we don't need to watch the "news" about the fox caught taking a swim in someone's pool... but an understanding of the civics and the implementation of , are super important.
what i want to see is a truly educational segment of the internet rise. segment with papers , data, real science, demonstration, community, action plans, progressive and scientific tasks, and communicators.
keep the commercials and propaganda in the wild-west-web. i am not against entertainment, but it better not just be entertainment for profits sake. content for content sake is a waste of resources and damaging to individuals , IMO
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just like protection the workers with guaranteed PTO is not anti-business, socialism is not anti-business either.
lets remember that socialism is the means of production controlled by the workers.
this Chicago change is just a baby step to the change we really need.
the truth in the matter is that business today ( and historically for a long time) is fascist.
"A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator {bosses and board members}, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls {strict bylaws, contracts, NDAs}, violent suppression of the opposition {monopolizing, anti-trust, price fixing, }, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism {targeting vulnerable populations, branding}"
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lets see if we get realistically actionable solutions in this video......
edit: finished video. nah, just the normal , generic stuff.
he's my question though, with the left being SOOOO against unjust hierarches, so-much-so that they do not want to put people in representative power, they do not want to create international businesses with powerhouses of monetary leverage, they don't want to organize near-paramilitary forces ... what are we to do? small groups , just surviving under capitalism, is not sustainable. if the systems around us were egalitarian and socialist...sure, local independence with solidarity would work... but we aren't there yet. what do we do to transition TO the society we want?
how do we realistically expect to win?
(and no, this is not some appeal to radical hard R revolution that's a losing strategy)
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we still absolutely have conservative/liberal leanings of "both camps"
a conservative republican wants white - Christian - nationalism
a "liberal" republican wants to give guns and businesses more rights than people
a conservative democrat calls themselves centrist and bipartisan and not into the "woke" stuff, a DINO
a "liberal" democrat reaches across the aisle and capitulates their bills to be as milk toast as possible a lesser-DINO
on the "extremes"
an extreme republican wants a "dictator day one" , to throw out the constitution, and institute sharia( biblical) rule.
an "extreme" democrat just wants healthcare for all, and for people to not be discriminated for immutable characteristics. (what would be considered the bare minimum of a left-wing platform in Europe.)
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to be clear... there is no actual "extreme left" in America. the left leaning democrats are not actually left. actual leftism is socialism, communism, anarchism, decentralized cooperative based on mutualism.
whereas , the americna extreme right... is ALREADY in the totalitarian, ethno state, fascism, realm. the cautionary tales of "fiction" writers is upon us, and it is coming from the Reich-wing ...
The Handmaid's Tale(white-christian-nationalism),
1984(controlling the media, doublespeak, newspeak),
Animal Farm(carving up laws and rights underthe noses of the people),
Fahrenheit 451(book burning, controlling the present by controlling the past, elimination of the DOE).
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spaces of encounter , it has a nice ring.
as of right now we have places of "encounter". i think the shift is just a social paradigm shift. IMO, it is PEOPLE that are the issue here regarding spaces of encounter. Many people consider public transportation a space of encounter, a bar as a space of encounter, a book store, the grocery store. .... on the other hand... many people consider those same places as spaces where you better NOT dare talk to them. this is the kernel of truth the MGTOW and INCELs start from, then go off the deep end. we talk about considerations for many people... but not for all people.
people have different considerations for the culture of "encounter".
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11:38 " Finally, remember the concept of placings, that any and everywhere can become a space of encounter, produced and reproduced through the interactions, movements, and practices of a people intent on being free. "
how do we respect people who do not want to be bothered while at the "anywhere", mundane places of gathering (laundromat, library, bookstore, grocery store, mass transportation, bar, park) of course , not being persistent after a declined encounter is the proper response if an encounter has been initiated... but what about the people that simply do NOT want to be encountered AT ALL to begin with?
( social cues are hard.... y'alll)
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if america did this , the corporations would quickly figure out how to exploit the prisoners even further.
my off the cuff thoughts on it are that:
to start .. lets remember american prisons are often FOR PROFIT prisons.
1) we would funnel even more people into prison
2) we would not pay the prisoners for this labor, but we would charge double the cost for the consumer
3) the prison corps would use this labor as a tax right
4) they would find a way to work the profits and tax right offs as an investment opportunity to launder and hide their capital gains from elsewhere
5) they would expand the labor programs to ALL industry. expanding the exception that ALLOWS slavery in the 13th amendment:
"Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME WHEREOF THE PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
american regressives, republicans, conservates, moderates, and mainstream democrats, are very much IN FAVOR of the for profit prison system. and mostly do what they can to continue the profits.
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chatGPT'd the transcript of the video into a letter to our representative:
Dear [Representative],
The time for measured responses and political maneuvering has passed. We are at an inflection point in our democracy where bold leadership is not just desirable—it is necessary. Congressman Jim McGovern has demonstrated such leadership by publicly acknowledging the power of a general strike in resisting authoritarianism and defending democracy. We need more leaders willing to take that stand. We need you to take that stand.
Establishment Democrats have projected the same tired approach of political negotiation and compromise while the far right systematically dismantles democratic institutions. This is not a moment for half-measures or backroom deals—it is a moment for unwavering resistance. It is not enough for Democrats to merely cast opposition votes while allowing harmful policies to pass unchallenged. The stakes are too high for symbolic gestures; we need action.
A general strike is one of the most powerful, non-violent tools of mass resistance. History has proven this time and again—from the Solidarity movement in Poland to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. When workers and communities stand together and refuse to participate in a system that oppresses them, they force change. McGovern is right: it requires planning, organization, and resources, but it is achievable, and it is necessary. If we do not act decisively now, we risk losing the very freedoms we claim to be defending.
We need our leaders to be more than passive observers. We need you to be an advocate for the kind of radical, people-powered resistance that can meet the urgency of this moment. We need you to speak out in support of a general strike. We need you to use your position to push labor unions, advocacy groups, and working people to prepare for the kind of mass action that can truly counteract the anti-democratic forces at play.
If Democrats do not seize this moment with courage, then they will have failed in their most fundamental duty: to protect the people they serve. Congressman McGovern understands this. Will you?
Sincerely,
[name]
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@penultimateh766 you could have blackmail on your employer, threatened violence upon them, a quid pro quo situation, are an accomplice to their crimes. /s
all jokes aside, yeah something in between is of course most likely. luck is where preparedness meets opportunity. so i'm not sure why "luck" is seemingly taken in bad taste here.
"merit" is such a fickle thing is it not?
> 'character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem'
> 'to be worthy of or entitled'
"luck INSTEAD of merit" seems to add even more entitlement and ownership to the concept of merit with no regard to the fact that merit is only a valued judgable externally. merit requires an additional person to provide the praise and 'deserved' reward.
sure a person can present the best self they can to the world, to their employer, their customer, (preparedness portion of luck) but awards are handed down from places of authority, of power(opportunity portion of luck). people can play the 'pick me' game all their lives, always bettering themselves, and still never be picked.
as to me being "positive" of your specific situation, absolutely not. but philosophically i hold that the universe is one of chaos. the control of external factors in one individual's life is nominal. right place at the right time, preparedness meeting opportunity, this are more universal constants. to be clear this does mean a person can try to position themselves in that right place with those right skills, but they can't force the universe to do what they want. hope and pray and game the system, absolutely.
as for , " I have suggested the opposite" , regarding your own commented experiences :
"My raises have exceeded inflation" and " the increases have held true."
unless you are giving yourself these raises, someone else had the power to give you these raises.
unless you are contractually obligated to these raises, they were given by digression.
again, i have no doubt you have done everything in your power to best position yourself for these raises. i have no intent of removing your agency from the equation.
on the note of blaming individuals for shortcomings though .... you did comment " How was your last performance evaluation? " and "Maybe it's something with the type of job you are going for, or your way of asking for a raise." seeming to place the emphasis on the employee to prove themselves for a raise, in this case a living wage increase to match inflation.
p.s.
what i have gathered is that meritocracy is a value you hold.
you may believe that anyone that holds that merit WILL receive the appropriate reward.
you may believe that merit is self evident and self fulfilling and does not require the external world.
you may believe that a failure of ones own work ethic is a bigger contributor to ones failure or success than the power and leverage employers have on opportunities.
p.p.s
i do thank you for the conversation though.
it is good to see that people are receiving standard of living raises, and in some cases more.
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-- re: usp
what's funny is that transportations and shipping is SUPER IMPORTANT. it is the lifeblood.
( what is getting shipped is a complete other issue )
the people that do not see the importance in them do not have class consciousness, IMO.
the B.S. jobs are jobs for jobs sake. the ones that are part of unjust hierarchies.
a monotonous job is not B.S. it is just monotonous. don't get me wrong.. i would love to get them automated.
but then we have a bigger problem under capitalism..... higher unemployment. ( which is why we need an entire infrastructure change into socialism; economic, cultural, social, relationships, the entire zeitgeist)
-- re: tech
again the issue is capitalism. tech itself is just a tool for bigger ideas. the issue in tech is most if not nearly all tech is profit driven, data harvesting. tech does not often actually have benefits to society; as of right now. the ideology in tech os not social, it is anti-social, it is pro-capitalist, pro-tech_tyrants.
this is where the issue is. that tech to actually do things like citizen science... are not what trends. health apps are being used to criminalize medical care, deny medical claims, insurance claims.
we do not have to pretend the tech jobs we work for matter.
i get paid a bad wage to get a job done... i do not get paid to be happy about it... and i express my frustration to them.
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is using Sisyphus a good reference for feeling "burnt out" ? if we were to jsut stick with Sisyphus... yeah maybe... but this channel ( and let me know if i am mistaken) has promoted Camus' " imagine Sisyphus happy" kind of stuff....... which is VERY much not burnt out.
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"All of these moves set an agenda which used to be set by elites, newspaper editors, and
television studios. In the offices of old media there was much tighter control over the agenda, over how
long to discuss an issue, over how important it was, over what the priorities were.
This has now been democratized, to an extent, but is much more subject to the whims of all
of our different approaches to different issues."
absolutely most people are just screaming rhetoric of their side. the "news" studios , entertainers , politicians, corporations, are all still very much in control by creating ideologies. blind followers unquestionably going with the ebb and flow of their leaders whims. saying it "is much more subject to the whims of all of our different approaches" is giving waaaaay too much credit to ideologs to having their own thoughts.
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I find the solution so funny every time. .... Unionize.
i mean, yeah of course. collective bargaining IS a good answer. but .... when the conversation is about populations that don't have or can't get jobs.... unionization doesn't help them AT ALL. they don't have the jobs to unionize to begin with.
and yes i understand the video is for the subsect of working poor, not the un-working poor. but it would be nice to see a video for " Democracy " outside of the scope of employment/work/money. and yes i understand the class struggle is an economic struggle. i just hope that the class struggle can be pinched from all angles of attack and not just from the labor portion of the economy, but also from the consumer portion, sales, employer, and unions of communities and interests not just of labor.
how to democratize food/water/nutrition
how to democratize housing/clothing
how to democratize education/community
... all in meaningful, actionable, mutually beneficial, ways that the unemployed, under employed, those that are just surviving, those that are striving, and the few allied petite bourgeoisie can join in.
videos are always appreciated. it's just hard to feel like we, the individual, are doing enough.
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so sad that 50 is "young" in congress 😆
i am 40 and think even my old-butt is too old for the change we need.
we have president min age at 35 for a reason the president was the old 'wise' one in the big seat.
Ages as of July 4, 1776:
Marquis de Lafayette, 18
James Monroe, 18
Gilbert Stuart, 20
Aaron Burr, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
Betsy Ross, 24
James Madison, 25
even the old guys we not as old as our old guys:
George Washington was a more “respectable” age of 44 in 1776,
Samuel Adams was 54,
John Hancock was 39,
Thomas Jefferson was 33,
Patrick Henry was 37,
Robert Morris was 42,
John Adams was 41,
and Roger Sherman was 55
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"the meaning gap" that is a story old as time; it is the journey through nihilism.
how i see the gap is that people are rejecting religion as a resolution to nihilism. but they are not given much of another option. people find it very hard to have radical acceptance to the idea of a lack of inherent meaning. to me it is liberating to things do not have inherent meaning. it allows us to observes the world, experience it, and interpret it. where the issue comes into place is the social aspect. it is a slippery slope to becoming anti-social if you fall into the delusion that only your interpretation matters. the gap is really a community, a social gap.
the thing that religion really gives people, besides authoritative "meaning"( read, instruction) is a sense of place, society, acceptance, community, support, family.
the secular corners simply do not have the same level of community. this is where they fail. and often it is the left that fails the most at this. this is where humanism comes in. if we can side with team human that starts giving people grounding. ( lets not get too full of ourselves though and continue the pattern of human exceptionalism though).
resolving nihilism is very tough. doomerism on one end, and the big lie of religion on the other, and a bunch of false copiums in between.
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@mactallica9293
"Anyone can find meaning in anything and doesn't need a community to find meaning in their life. "
absolutely correct.
i'm not sure what your critique is...
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first, the scope is only my own experience of American culture. to clean up your jump to Sweden, Denmark , Africa or the Middle East.
my comment's point was:
"the meaning gap" = the journey through nihilism
the video says @ 3:34
re: the meaning gap : "it's this idea of people , in the modern world especially , don't particularly know where to go for wisdom, or a larger direction, or meaning. "
nihilism is the lack of inherent meaning
religion often resolves nihilism by authority that there simply is meaning
people coming out of religion often yearn for a similar affirmation when they leave religion. often seeking "authority". often falling for similar dogma. people are still looking for wisdom, direction, and 'meaning'. many people leave on religion and become "seekers".
i advocate for radical acceptance.
that is to say, when resolving the lack of inherent meaning, accepting it is 'good' because it is jsut as 'good' even if it was 'bad'... because inherent lack of meaning 'means' nothing. aka... i don't matter that there is no inherent meaning because we can make our own 'meaning'.
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now this is were some people go off the deep end to hard solipsism, think they are the godhead, or an absurdism position that derails them from reality...
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does any of that clarify my initial comment for you?
i still don't understand your critique if you would like to clarify your position.
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"One is avoiding partisan rhetoric. Rather than talk about gun control or climate change, avoid the loaded terms and instead focus on specific local policies. No buzzwords that could trigger anyone into tribal thinking. No villainizing the other side, just constructive solutions that make sense given the data."
this is bull though in reality.
try to stop people of their buzzwords and they scream "censorship" ... outside of partisanship , people are jaded @ssholes. there are people that talk in good faith and people that talk in bad faith. people that look at facts and people that parrot this weeks party soundbite. there are people that care about consistency and people that are comfortable in blatant hypocrisy.
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and though someone might read this comment and both-sides it... that is insane. in broad strokes the Republicans, specifically trumpians ( the party of white-christian-nationalism) scream censorship, parrot this weeks party soundbite, and are blatantly hypocritical.
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it's great that Veritasium is trying to be fair and measured.... but now is not the time to be fair and measured. we live in a society with a fractured shared reality. this isn't even about the culture war... this is about what we agree on empirically and our epistemology.
there are bad actors acting in bad faith afoot. there is true "evil" trying to take power(to use loaded language). white-christian-nationalism is a real and present danger. being intellectually correct is not going to prevent white-christian-nationalism. if white-christian-nationalism ceases power our ability to even have intellectually honest conversations will he dramatically hindered if not eliminated until they are overthrown.
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this is not hyperbole, it is the goal of Project 2025, Agenda 47, "Dictator Day One", "Enemies Within"
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"this collapse of shared reality is the real metaphysical crisis, not in a pretentious philosophy class sort of way, but like a civilization might stop functioning kind of way That's how serious this"
break it down:
collapse of shared reality
civilization might stop functioning
lets not smash philosophy into sociology..... lets use like terms... and not catastrophize.
"civilization" is not collapsing..
by "shared reality" it seems you mean social cohesion.
so to reshape the issue here::
*without social cohesion, societies held to together with that social cohesion, fall apart.
um... yup.
a social contract only works among people willing to share that social contract.
you know rules ... are fake ... right? rules are made up. their are NO rules, social rules i am talking about.
( no rules outside of fundamental physics and stuff, and even then, those are not dictated rules, they are described rules, "All models are wrong, but some are useful". )
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((further, are you trying to get to some objective morality nonsense? i am getting alt-right conspiracy-fantsy, "seeker", losing grip with reality vibes here. ))
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the conclusion says that we are being "stupef[ied] and [made ]servile", that case can definitely be made.
just curious why people can't be critically thinking, politically involved, empathetic, freely associating people now during and through hierarchical reigns.
why will it take the dismantling of hierarchy, first, to get there? the conclusion says that we are being "stupef[ied] and [made ]servile". wouldn't us liberating ourselves from service and the stupefaction dissolve the power that we allow hierarchy to have over us? i feel like the equation can be solved this way of course but if we move some terms flip some operators it would be easier to solve the equation no?
making an ethereal concept the enemy and not the people upholding it accountable, collaborators in the system uphold the system, just sounds like a cop out.
how does a group with no power, on the bottom of current hierarchies, gain the power to dismantle the hierarchy? how do the oppressed fight the boogie man? i have yet to see an argument here for that.
because i know how groups being oppressed dismantle other groups that are oppressing them ... we have all of human battle history for that one ... as well as all of histories documentation of crushing defeats on the matter. that route is absolutely not viable. IMO this fight has become granule enough to be fought on the individual level across all members of a community. this is essentially how corps oppress to begin with. saturate markets with subsidiaries to obfuscate that they are behind anything. spread the burden across many lines of business, many entities, many revenue streams.
when will the fighters against oppress start treating this like the war it is?
(i know i know, just an informative entertaining youtube video, not an active movement, just one persons 7:38 video essay on some shower thoughts. which of course is appreciated. just a shame this is the extent of supposed "radical" content. )
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@weswest8666 here... there is a thing called the internet... and to save you the brainpower of searching sources let us ask the robots to summerize for you
question "are there business under socialism?"
ChatGPT said:
"Yes, businesses can exist under socialism, but their structure and purpose are often quite different from businesses in a capitalist system. In socialist economies, businesses may operate in various forms, depending on the type of socialism being practiced. Here are some common ways businesses function in socialist systems:
State-Owned Enterprises: In many socialist systems, key industries—such as utilities, transportation, healthcare, and energy—are owned and controlled by the state. These enterprises are operated not to maximize profit but to provide essential services and goods to society. Examples include public hospitals, transportation systems, or national energy companies.
Worker Cooperatives: Another common form of business under socialism is the worker cooperative. In a cooperative, workers collectively own and manage the business, sharing decision-making responsibilities and profits. Cooperatives aim to eliminate the hierarchical structure where a small group of owners or shareholders benefit from the labor of others, emphasizing democratic governance and equitable profit distribution among workers.
Public-Private Partnerships: Some forms of socialism allow private businesses to exist alongside state or cooperatively owned enterprises. These businesses may operate in a regulated environment where the state ensures they serve social goals, such as fair wages, affordable products, and environmentally sustainable practices.
Social Enterprises: Socialism also encourages businesses that focus on social welfare rather than purely on profit. Social enterprises might aim to provide affordable housing, healthcare, or other services that meet the needs of underserved populations, often reinvesting profits into community development or public services.
Small-Scale Private Businesses: In more mixed or decentralized forms of socialism, small businesses such as shops, restaurants, or artisans may be privately owned. However, they are often subject to regulation to prevent exploitation and ensure fair treatment of workers and customers.
Under socialism, businesses generally operate with a focus on collective well-being and social equity, and they may be subject to public control or regulation to ensure that they align with these broader social goals."
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using confidence will just make narcissists .. no?
isn't this reminiscent of the psych test::
""A study published recently in Psychological Science, led by a researcher from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, takes this idea a step further by suggesting that children can adopt these beliefs from information they hear about their gender (and, presumably, about other social categories, too). Telling a boy he’s destined to be good at math might encourage him to coast; meanwhile, telling a girl that girls aren’t good at math, the theory dictates, will not motivate her to work hard to overcome that adversity. A girl who hears that “girls are bad at math” can internalize that message, believe she is bad at math, and do worse at math because of it.""
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it won't be at an end until trump can no longer even be a candidate. he will try again in 2028 if able.
and further, until the trumpie infection has been cleared completely we are still in jeopardy of one of his spawn a henchmen, whoever else the white-Christian-nationalist / the Christian coalition/ the heritage foundation , wants to put up in the race.
for the love of humanity... we have to remember that these elections are battles.. not wars.
we lost roe because everyone acted like it was guaranteed.... it is not...
democracy and our rights are not a guarantee.
we need to fight every day , literally every day to keep out rights.
when we get constitutional amendments of UBI, Welfare, Healthcare, Shelter, Environmental protections, Business regulations... THEN and ONLY THEN, can we relax JUST A LITTLE. but even then the regressive will assault everything that is dear to humanity.
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more chatGPT summaries:
Tit-for-Tat in an Open System with Opposing Agents
Tit-for-Tat (TFT) is a classic game theory strategy where an agent initially cooperates and then mirrors its opponent's previous action. It has been widely studied in iterated prisoner’s dilemma scenarios and real-world conflicts, including diplomacy, warfare, and resistance movements.
In the context of control theory and overthrowing a fascist regime, TFT plays a role in feedback loops, adaptive control, and escalation dynamics.
1. How Tit-for-Tat Works in Conflict Systems
TFT follows these principles:
Start with cooperation (neutral stance).
Mirror the opponent’s last move (if they attack, retaliate; if they de-escalate, de-escalate).
Be forgiving (if the opponent stops aggression, return to cooperation).
Be clear and consistent (so the opponent understands the response pattern).
TFT in Open Systems with Opposing Agents
Authoritarian Regimes: They often use TFT in repression (if protests escalate, they escalate force; if protests die down, they offer concessions).
Resistance Movements: They can use TFT strategically to force the regime into overreaction or undermine its legitimacy.
2. How Tit-for-Tat Affects Control Theory in a Struggle
In a control system with opposing agents, TFT introduces a dynamic feedback loop:
Regime escalates repression → Resistance escalates disruption
Regime reduces control → Resistance may reduce actions
This feedback system can create different equilibrium points:
Stable Deterrence (both sides recognize that escalation is costly).
Unstable Escalation (both sides spiral into an arms race).
Regime Collapse (if resistance makes repression too costly).
Key Control Theory Factors
Proportional Response: TFT prevents uncontrolled escalation by keeping responses measured.
Predictability: If a regime knows that repression will be met with equal force, it may reconsider.
Adaptability: Resistance groups using TFT can shift tactics based on the regime’s actions.
3. Tit-for-Tat vs. Overthrowing a Fascist Regime
A fascist regime is a rigid control system that relies on top-down enforcement. TFT can be used by resistance movements to disrupt the system strategically:
Scenario 1: Using TFT to Force Overreach
If the regime punishes protests harshly, resistance escalates exposure (making repression more visible, fueling dissent).
Example: The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. used peaceful resistance, knowing the violent responses would radicalize more people.
Scenario 2: Using TFT for Strategic De-escalation
If the regime offers concessions, the resistance can reduce direct action to gain breathing room or regroup.
Example: Labor movements often use TFT to negotiate better conditions through strikes.
Scenario 3: TFT Leading to a Regime’s Collapse
If resistance consistently matches repression, the regime faces an unsustainable cost of control.
Example: The fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe was partly due to persistent but measured resistance that outlasted the state’s ability to respond.
4. When Does Tit-for-Tat Fail?
TFT is not always the best strategy in overthrowing a regime. It can fail when:
The opponent is irrational (e.g., fascists often escalate beyond self-preservation).
TFT is too predictable (authorities can manipulate it by alternating repression and concessions).
A more aggressive strategy is needed (e.g., when rapid regime collapse is the goal, not prolonged attrition).
Alternative Strategies
Grim Trigger: Escalate and never forgive (used in total war scenarios).
Randomized Responses: Prevent predictability by varying actions (e.g., guerrilla tactics).
Decentralized Swarming: Instead of mirroring, overwhelm control structures from multiple angles.
5. Conclusion: Does Tit-for-Tat Help Overthrow Fascism?
✔ YES, if the goal is gradual weakening of the regime, forcing it to self-destruct through overreach.
❌ NO, if the regime is too entrenched and TFT is too slow or predictable.
The best approach may be a hybrid:
Use TFT to exploit regime weaknesses (forcing them to make costly mistakes).
Use unpredictability to keep them off balance (so they cannot optimize their control system).
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i get the idea of calling sun oin leaves " the simplicity of it"
but i would argue the beauty is the ACTUAL complicating it.
-the evolution and history to birth life, our species and us individually.
-the unfolding of the universe into its faces of chaos and entopy. the solidification of our planet, erosion, stacking, composting and chemistry that facilitated the soils, the fungi the plants the seeds that the tree was rooted in.
-the sun that pierces our atmosphere, enough to warm us, enough to feed photosynthesis, gentle enough to not scorch every surface of the planet to a barren wasteland.
-and for your senses , and frankly sensibilities, to take in the combination of the physical, the memories of knowledge, the combined efforts of so many before us. your very vitality and health to be in that moment.
that COMPLEXITY, and KNOWING (knowing as in knowledge and in experiencing) that complexity is what is beautiful.
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just asked chatGPT for a quick preliminary :
"No, the phrase "sunny whore" is not Latin. It's a modern English expression, though a derogatory one. "
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"The idea of the continent as a whole being named or categorized was more of an external, foreign concept. Different regions were known by their own names, but no unified, continent-wide name existed from an indigenous perspective. The name "Africa" itself was popularized primarily through Roman and later European use."
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"The etymology of the word "Africa" is complex and has several theories, with no single origin being universally accepted. Here are some of the most prominent explanations:
Latin Origin:
One of the most widely accepted theories is that the name "Africa" comes from the Latin word "Afer" or its plural "Afri", which the Romans used to describe the people who lived in what is now modern Tunisia. The Roman province "Africa", which included Carthage (modern Tunisia), gave the name to the entire continent over time. The Latin word may have been derived from earlier terms in Punic (the language of Carthage) or Berber, referring to the native inhabitants.
Greek Origin:
Another theory suggests that "Africa" comes from the Greek word "aphrike" (ἀφρικὴ), meaning "without cold." This would make sense geographically, as Africa was perceived by the Greeks as a warm, sunny land in contrast to their colder homeland."
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Further:
"Alkebulan is sometimes cited in narratives about the indigenous name for Africa, though its historical authenticity is debated. The name Alkebulan is often said to mean "mother of mankind" or "garden of Eden" in various African languages, though there isn't strong linguistic or historical evidence to support its widespread use by indigenous African peoples. The term has become popular in some Afrocentric circles as a way to reclaim a pre-colonial identity for the continent, but it doesn't appear in ancient texts or languages from Africa.
Origins and Claims:
The term Alkebulan is claimed to have been used by ancient Africans, particularly in reference to regions in North and East Africa. Some narratives assert that the word is Arabic or Berber in origin, combining "al" (the) with "kebulan" (land of the blacks), although this etymology is not confirmed by historical records.
Afrocentric scholars and historians often present Alkebulan as a pre-colonial name for Africa, seeking to replace the name "Africa" due to its association with colonization and foreign influence.
Issues with Historicity:
There is no solid documentation or usage of the term Alkebulan in ancient African records or languages. Most historical sources, including Egyptian, Berber, and West African accounts, do not mention Alkebulan as a name for the continent.
Linguists and historians largely agree that the term "Africa" was introduced by Romans and that different regions of Africa had their own localized names before any concept of a unified continent existed.
While Alkebulan is embraced by some as a symbol of African identity, its historical basis remains unclear. It seems more of a modern reinterpretation than a historically verified name used by indigenous African peoples across the continent."
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@justinwatson1510 seize businesses to what end though?
with so many businesses simply around for profit, seizing them does not add social good. seizing them and consuming their parts to insert socially needed services, absolutely.
Do we have the game plan for that? of course every community has different needs. I am not suggesting a one size fits all approach. but there are definitely outlines to help communities start the healing process.
Seize 9 of the 10 liquor stores / salons / 99cent stores in a one miles radius, and do what with the spaces? and more importantly, staff and support the lives of those staff, how exactly? unfortunately most services that people need are not things that generate enough support to keep afloat. and things that people do not need have a hell of a better marketing campaign backing them and an audience that is much more willing to consume what is being pitched.
the words are great, the sentient, the big picture goals are all admirable. but on a practical point capitalists will only see this as taking from them, stealing from them. How does one pitch this to the average person that barely understand that they are capitalist?
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but hey, nothing that can be solved on the youtube platform.
i have yet to come across one, but it would be great to get a socialist think tank of some kind, a war room, more than just some scattered online videos and blogs.
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@BjornHarrier bad ideas as not something that "must be listened to" .
this reaching across the aisle BS does not work with people that are so far gone that they are supporting fascism; i.e. white-Christian-nationalism that the rightwing loves so much.
misinformed people.. sure... there is a chance to talk to them.
a person that can see this Onion video and be honest with themselves that there is a lot of truth to it...
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"the problem at its root. " is the general , usual stuff ... racism, a lack of diversity, being in an echo chamber, religion, the false idea of meritocracy, being a temporarily embarrassed millionaire, an unrealized desired to be ruled over, a deep seeded desire to rule other, fear, obedience.
all the normal traumas that religion and capitalism scar people with.
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people who change their minds, are people that were already predisposed to have their minds changed. there is no ONE event that changes someone's mind. it is a culmination of events that evenly have a tipping point.
i support shaming people for their bad takes
i support countering people with facts
there are other people that can be listeners and sound boards and be delicate with people. everyone has their own strategies.
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you've made no substantial point.
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when i was a kid we got, PBS, lots of sesame street.
then when we got older
the Simpsons for dinner, Saturday morning cartoons, and whatever movies we watched as a family.
then as we were allowed more TV it was still a lot of PBS but we moved on to the shows my older siblings were watching. Hercules, Xena, Buffy, Angel, Sabrina, Star Trek. but still mostly educational tv. nature shows, Bill Nye, i had an affinity for watching surgeries when they were on.
then home computers came into the picture se we moved from TV to playing video games; TV dwindled.
then the internet became actually usable ... people really do not understand he cosmic shift of early 2000';s , and especially the 2010's culture war, had on how we consume media and what kind of brain rot we consume.
i think i was thankfully spared being red-pilled. i cared too much about facts instead of hype.
now i watch mostly educational stuff, informative stuff, edu-tainment, across science, social science, politics, the arts, media critique, maths, the humanities, philosophy, nature, theology.... the list goes on.
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i have no strong objection to media consumption.
but i do have objection to mindless consumption and unguided consumption.
context, nuance, a place to discuss the media, is all key. we need to remember to stay Critical of what we consume, to be a Skeptic. word choice matter, knowing the agenda of the media matters, knowing what the presenter is trying to sell you matters, literacy in all its forms matter.
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except of course when fascists take over and do not respect those rights...
then... then we "have" nothing.
the people need our OWN executive branch to protect us, since the one in power is an unchecked power.
when in the Union going to create an axillary occupied government ?
we should be flying the flag in destress.
"That would generally be called a "government-in-resistance" or an "auxiliary government" within the occupied country. In some cases, it might also be referred to as a "shadow government", "underground government", or "parallel government", depending on how it operates. If it actively resists the occupation, it may be classified as a "clandestine government" or a "partisan administration."
Historically, movements like the French Resistance during World War II maintained underground governance structures, and some countries have had "continuity of government" plans for situations like this. If the legitimate government maintains some level of control over specific territories, it might also be called a "rump state" (though that term often applies to governments that hold onto a fraction of their former territory after a coup or invasion)."
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the inverted flag:
"Communicate distress to citizens and the international community.
Reinforce legitimacy by claiming continuity of the legitimate government.
Avoid adopting a new flag, which could imply secession rather than resistance."
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"Inverted National Flag on Top, Resistance Flag Below
Symbolism:
The country is in distress and under occupation (primary message).
The resistance is present and actively working to reclaim the nation.
Best for: Signaling that the occupied nation is still suffering but that a movement is rising to restore it."
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@MrBurnsExcellent that's a can of worms.
1) this administration is not the next administration Biden is not on the ballot.
the ballot has a republican party controlled by white-christian-nationalists. with a figure head that wants to be dictator day one, to exterminate his political enemies, has militias itching to start a civil war, has legislators with the Project 2025 guidebook that is geared to deconstructing the constitution.
the the democrates are the pparty for democracy. at worse the are the same old party they have been, at best maybe slightly more progressive than recent history. they are pretty milk toast though in general.
2) as for "middle class" we would first have to define what you mean by middle class. the term middle class is so warped that it means so many different things it is a virtually useless term. what is your criterial for "middle class", lifestyle, income, assets, savings and retirement, spending power, cost of living?
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if we want to talk about Biden though. and assuming what you mean as middle class.
lowered unemployment (ARP has also led to the largest small business boom in history, with a record 19 million new business applications over the past three years )
disaster relief and home repair (economic stimulus bill passed , energy-saving home improvements like heat pumps, doors, windows, and insulation)
debt relief (Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Administration to over $175 billion for more than 4.8 million Americans)
addressed some medical price gouging ( a cap on insulin at $35 a month )
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TLDR
this is the slippery slope kind of stuff that can really mess with people minds.
eye witness testimony is historically terrible
we need to fortify people's constitutions with : mindfulness , empathy, critical thinking
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it is fine for a person that trusts in reality to shake off some of the wonky stuff our brains do, to have a healthy amount of skepticism. to acknowledge that we are ugly bags of mostly water, meat, and a electro-chemical soup that ultimately controls us, can be very liberating to some. this is the same for philosophy. a dabble in it for the strong willed for those will strong constitution, no real issue. some people are ok with say "i don't know" and with facing the unknown. everyone should know that their minds simply have " "approximate knowledge of many things" like Adventure Times - Demon Cat
..... though..... many people crumble when they lose the cohesion of self built up passively through their lives. people whose shells were not constructed from examined lives, but instead constructed for them from the society around them. .
i think events have proven time and time again that our world is fractured though. maybe it is just more visibly fractured due to our connectivity, or maybe these fractured people simply have more leverage now, but at the end of the day there are many unwell people that will receive the ideas of this video. people that will be effected by videos like this in ways that pull them over the precipice of sanity.
on the flip there will definitely be people that double down on their senses. that become hardened further to fully trust their mind. shut their mind from any kind of change.
i would argue that most people are pretty bad at passively perceiving what is happening around them. our brains are known for filling in the blanks, a shadow is a monster, the scary light in the sky is an alien, the earth shaking is a god, a bad thing happened "for a reason".
mindfulness , empathy, critical thinking.
existential conversations that have potential to dissolve a person into anti-social despair must always be paired with the deep explanation of remedies. mindfulness , empathy, critical thinking, are often the major remedies for these situations.
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p.s.
videos like this are still important, but it would be appreciated if there was actually more data in it. cited papers.
brain science is wibbly wobbly as for as i am concerned.
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throwing this questioninto chatGPT give me the followint, what are your thoughts?:
"Yes, the Slow, Small Solutions principle in permaculture is preventative and restorative—it emphasizes building resilient systems over time, working within natural limits, and making gradual, thoughtful changes. This works well in stable or recovering environments, but when there’s an immediate crisis—like blight—a different response is needed.
What Does Permaculture Say About Blight?
Blight in a garden is a systemic issue, often caused by imbalances (nutrient deficiencies, monocultures, poor air circulation, or weak plants). Permaculture's response depends on the stage of the blight:
Prevention & Resilience (Long-Term)
Diversity & Polyculture: Avoid monocultures, plant resistant varieties, interplant species.
Healthy Soil: Build soil health through composting, mulching, and microbes.
Companion Planting: Use natural pest and disease deterrents (e.g., garlic, marigolds).
Right Plant, Right Place: Ensure plants are suited to their microclimate and conditions.
Containment & Immediate Action (Short-Term)
Cut & Remove: Prune out infected parts, remove diseased plants to prevent spread.
Biological Controls: Introduce beneficial microbes, fungi, or insects.
Natural Sprays: Use neem oil, compost tea, or baking soda solutions to slow disease.
Firebreak Strategies: In severe cases, create barriers to prevent further spread.
Regeneration & Systemic Change (Post-Blight)
Resting the Land: Rotate crops, allow soil recovery, plant cover crops.
Soil Detox: Amend soil with biochar, fungi (mycorrhizae), and compost teas.
Rebuild Ecosystem: Encourage biodiversity to outcompete future blight.
Blight as a Metaphor for Society
If we apply this to social systems (which I think you’re getting at), then yeah, we are in a blight situation—large-scale systemic failures, exploitation, and decay. Slow, small solutions help prevent collapse in the long run, but when blight has already taken hold, containment and aggressive restoration strategies are needed.
Weed Out the Sick Parts: Address harmful systems directly (e.g., dismantling corporate monopolies, ending exploitative labor practices).
Introduce Beneficial Organisms: Strengthen grassroots, cooperative, and mutual aid networks.
Change the Conditions: Shift away from extractive capitalism to regenerative models.
Regenerate the Social Soil: Invest in education, community support, and sustainable infrastructure.
Permaculture doesn't just mean passive, gradual change—it also recognizes the need for intervention when necessary. Right now, we’re not just tending a healthy food forest—we’re trying to stop a spreading disease before it wipes out the whole ecosystem.
What kind of blight are you thinking about?"
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@ivoryas1696
yup.
and my take is not that these people get a pass. i am just saying we need empathy.
and another clarifying statement, there is DEFINITLY a limit of that empathy.
but people with the tools ought to try to share the tools, share the knowledge for using those tools, to the ignorant. discernment as to what kind of ignorant you are dealing with is key of course. an ignorant person that is curious and willing to learn, vs an apathetic ignorant that will take effort to get them interested but are not a complete lost cause, and the willfully ignorant that WANT to stay ignorant.
sometimes ignorance is a product of nature, and a lot of the times it is from nurture. communities and institutions that curate a world that controls a person with ignorance as a weapon; this is the anti-intellectual movement.
there is a level of attempt people need to make to crack a hole in the ignorant walls and shine a light in for them to notice that crack. if they start trying to make that crack larger from their side, make the effort to help them. if they ignore or start patching the crack ... they are probably not ready yet to learn.
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if we are to tell someone to "educate yourself" or "grow tf up" ... we need to at the LEAST throw the books at them, point them in the direction of the tools they need.
i think the Left significantly failed at creating viable alternatives for angsty kids during the 2010 culture war. those kids became Bernie Bros, who when rejected again, turned MAGAt. the alt-right was more than willing to groom them ( grooming is what the right-wing likes to do)
but i am ranting.
yes. we need resources that are SOOOOOOO easy to turn to that the more ignorant of us can have good material to "grow up" on.
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the left needs a playbook on what we can DO, "individually", INSTEAD of getting distracted.
i really do believe the reason people are so distracted is because they have nothing better to do.
most people know the bad stuff happening, then there a a bunch that are blissfully ignorant, and then there are the people looking to cope with either escapism/distraction/intentional ignorance.
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your ad placement is PERFECT for my request here.....
the meal is ready for you. it is all plug and play / warm and eat. no mis en place, no shopping, it is all packaged for you with instructions.... what is THAT, but for leftist activism?
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again... perfect... your CURATED memes...
the left needs that... but for action.
curated actions. isn't that what affinity cells are supposed to be doing? how do we find those affinity cells. were do we pick up the assignments?
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"And even more tellingly, the more entertainment-oriented content that a person consumes, the less likely they are to engage in high effort political
activities. So those are things like canvassing, creating political content, attending a protest, or participating in mutual aid.
For those with exposure to both entertainment and political content, they still participated in low-level forms of political engagement, like signing an
online petition or sharing a piece of political content on social media. "
these are the exact people that the instructions need to get to . package up the assignment and give these people what they need to go do.
make the higher effort stuff as simple as the lower effort stuff.
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ah good...
not exactly an action package for this amendment but at least a website. thats a step.
( why do you not have a LINK to move to amend dot org though?)
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preliminary thoughts:
1) the uber rich are the problem
2) capitalism is the tool that the uber rich use to stir up their wealth and more problems
3) marketing is another tool that capitalists use to manipulate the consumers
4) the attack on education through campaign for anti-intellectualism is another tool used against people
5) religion is the next tool used against people
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6) and yes .. there is no question about there being SOME personal responsibility in this equation.... it is jsut a tiny part of the whole.
counters to each of these are as follows:
(1 socialism. a paradigm shift of not permitted in unhinged amount of wealth accumulation
(2 socialism. a paradigm shift as to resource management, manufacturing, production, trade , is conducted
(3 humanism. not manipulated people for the sake of profits but instead a degrowth paradigm to protect humanity , the environment, society , and rights
(4 we NEED education. a balance of the humanities, with a massive campaign for critical thinking, STEM because we need to science more and better, and arts to keep the narrative of Human Mythos passed on.
(5 we need to reign in the socio-political power of religion. relegate religious belief to personal belief ( were it belongs). no persons personal beliefs ought to supersede other people rights.
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(6 since we are currently under a capitalist-hellscape.... we need to take as much responsibility for the things we DO have power over and use it against the current system, and towards building a system we want instead. a circular sustainable economy that supports its members to thrive responsibility. so yes.. forks need to boycott businesses with high prices, useless services, and bad practices. we need to save money and not "treat" ourselves when we can not afford it. we need to find non-capitalist related pleasures in life. we need to "punch up not kick down"
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@ziegle9876 incorrect. only to a constitutional absolutist... not even our founding fathers were not constitutional absolutists
the US supreme court adjudicates the law and apples the constitution as they interpret it. they have in many instances held laws related to weapons as constitutional.
become a constitutional scholar... and then we can have this conversation.
right now your just a twerp on the internet.
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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
lets go down you absolutist path:
1) are you in a "A well regulated Militia"?
2) are you the doing so for the "security of a free State"?
3) you are a person "the right of the people" but are you the people they are talking about?
4) you can "to keep" .... but now we are getting into words that need definitions "and bear Arms" ... define "bear" "arms" as per the time period
5) "shall not be infringed." again define infringed as per the time period
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side note.... the day "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" ...
i hope you absolutists are jsut as flusters.....
hope you see project 2025 as tyrannical
nope you fight the white-christian-nationalists....
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how about
"abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;"
are you an absolutist to eh entire constitution or just parts?
where are you screaming that trump want to go after any media outlet that made him a sad-little-boy?
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"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
do you know the prison system....
'1.9 million people in 1,566 state prisons, 98 federal prisons, 3,116 local jails, 1,323 juvenile correctional facilities, 142 immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian country jails'
Excessive bail - excessive fines - cruel and unusual punishments inflicted ... is all going on.
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hope you don't think trump is getting a third term. his suggestion of it is tyrannical, and act a complete violation of the constitution
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all those immigrants that trump want to get rid of...
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens"
can't get rid of these... they are citizens
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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ok i'm bored of schooling you.
go learn the constitution... and come back when you can come up with an articulate answer.
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"My job is taking some pretty radical ideas and turning them into entertainment for you, turning them into something you can pretty passively consume. Sadly, these videos are, just like most everything else, part of the spectacle too."
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thank you for admitting this.
the culture war is real in that it is an active tool being used against the left. the left has to join the circus as a tool though, co-opt it. get eyes on their ideas. repeated exposure is what changes minds.
yes you are doing an ok job for sure.
Thank you for the effort.
(some of these commenters though... geeze, not a welcoming community sometimes. some real bad apples. the few angels in the comments make up for it though. the "for the algorithm" stuff... i don't care for. SOOOO much to comment on every one of your videos but they choose to water down the comment section. different ideas of engagement i guess. i would love to see the channel grow into a real community with real calls to action on real world projects.)
anyway, again, appreciated and keep it coming.
"I am still mostly talking ideas at you, not with you, and without an immediate
or a concrete plan in mind."
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it would be great to get some videos on more concrete plans. i reach out to the community to get ideas on plans. what they are currently doing. what they want to get doing. what they think will help. it is not very fruitful. not many people have "plans", its a very "just wing it" community. very much a community of treating symptoms and not curing disease.
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should teachers provide that education without compensation?
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lets take your comment a few steps out...
yes free education, that requires funding.
funding done by taxes, cool
well taxes makes it not "free" but more of a pay it forward kind of thing.
"The average American will pay $524,625 in taxes throughout their lifetime — that’s a third (34.7%) of all estimated lifetime earnings ($1,494,986) spent on taxes."
{self.inc/info/life-of-tax/ A Life of Tax: How Much Tax Will Americans Pay Over Their Lifetime?}
ok, fine we accept the taxes.
who in education gets paid from these taxes? teachers, adjuncts , administration?
if teachers get paid in university... it would make sense to extend to HS, middle school, elementary school, pre school, day care, home-school teachers and admin on all those levels.
well that would also mean school lunches, and school supplies..
does it extend to the manufacturers of those supplies? the transporters? the warehousers? the laborers for the raw materials?
the layers of people that need to lay the infrastructure for everything already mentioned?
do we need taxes for each of these layers? would that be too much tax?
would it be better to not tax anyone by simply not paying anyone? a 100% tax but an all inclusive all you can eat "buffet"?
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just a thing to think about when you say something as vague as "Education should be free".
the statement is a feeling , not a plan.
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the INDIVIDUALS sure have things in common. but the ideology they follow is not. they are ok with what their representatives support. KNOWING their is problem is not the same as FIGHTING the problem. like usual, these people really just want to be the petite bourgeoisie. that's why they still support capitalism; they think that THEY will be the ones with enough power to be above "people who don't work hard enough". unions are not NECESSARILY left or blue. financially the right is supposed to be "smart" with money, they are supposed to be "conservative" with money. but in reality their representatives have only made it easier for big business to thrive. but since the right believe s in trickle down economy and that "one day through merit I will be rich" they supported that nonsense, piece by piece, not realizing the bigger picture. then they are sold that it was the democrats doing it ( which they certainly had their hands in it, but not alone) the guy in this video even quoted trump on it. trump points his finger at hillary for not doing anything about it be in the same sentence says HE was using the same tricks. but the right doesn't see that as trump being a hypocrite but instead as hillary not fighting against the system!?!?! it's complete cognatic dissonance.
at the end of the day where the left proposes fixes (ubi, universal housing,. universal medical, universal schooling, foodbanks, drug reform, prison reform, police reform) the right does not have answers and several people in this video admitted as much. but most importantly they CONTINUE voting for politicians that are actively harming EVERYONE and fighting any kind of fix the left proposes. they stick soooooo hard to conserve things that they really would rather keep the corruption then RISK becoming "communist" or " socialist" or any other 'scary' word theory were TRAINED to not like.
the real difference:
the right wants to have the power to generate profit as the petite bourgeoisie
the left wants to have power to distribute fundamental human rights for the people to exist
*and to be clear the generalization i am using here is an extremely broad "they" for ease of conversation.
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it must suck being a Real "Patriot" in this country watching others , who are not patriots like this Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters. Jesse is more of a Patriot than I, having served and sworn an oath to the country. but IMO, that alone is not what make shim a patriot. serving and taking that oath is a strong declaration for sure, but it is Jesse's seeking for truth that makes him a patriot.
people that have the radical acceptance to find the truth about our countries past and to embody the spirt of the preamble... those people are the patriots i want in this country.
"WE THE PEOPLE of the United States,
in Order to form A MORE PERFECT UNION,
establish JUSTICE,
insure domestic TRANQUILITY,
provide for the COMMON defence,
promote the general WELFARE,
and secure the Blessings of LIBERTY
to ourselves
and our POSTERITY, ..."
patriots are people who invite others into this country to also share these values:
""Give me your TIRED, your POOR, Your HUDDLED MASSES yearning to breathe free, The WRETCHED REFUSE of your teeming shore. Send these, the HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" "
the sentiment of the the man that sent this to Reagan was correct:
``You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.''
where are the republican patriots that agree that ANYONE can be an American?
certainly not the current republican party. the people that say " your body my choice", "they will not replace us", America for Americans" , "America first" .... the current republicans have fallen for all the Nazi propaganda.
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the more difficult building to convert, the ones with internal spaces that are inappropriate for housing, would it be possible to convert the windowed spaces to apartments and keep the internal rooms s shared spaces?
what shared spaces CAN be windowless for example? certainly there could be shared play spaces for kids, work spaces for office work, maybe shared cooking spaces, gyms, grow rooms, storage spaces, laundry rooms, sitting spaces, libraries, workstations.
i would hope there are some shared spaces that those internal spaces could be used for.
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wanted to see what chatGPT thought about combining don quixote and maga.
"Yeah, the Don Quixote metaphor works pretty well for MAGA, especially in the sense of them seeing enemy giants where there are just mundane structures (like windmills in the original story). Your 5G tower example is spot on—they take something benign or even beneficial and, through a mix of paranoia and ideological fervor, turn it into a symbol of oppression or conspiracy.
Expanding that metaphor to the whole story, Don Quixote is fundamentally about a man so consumed by the romanticized past that he loses his grip on reality, charging at perceived threats that don’t actually exist. That tracks with MAGA’s obsession with an imagined "great" past, their tendency to fight symbolic battles based on misinformation, and their rejection of modern realities in favor of an illusion.
At the same time, Don Quixote is also tragic and, in some ways, noble—he's deeply misguided, but his idealism and commitment to his vision are part of what makes him compelling. That’s where the metaphor gets more nuanced. MAGA, as a movement, isn't just about confusion—it’s also driven by a deep emotional need for purpose, belonging, and a battle to fight, even if it’s against phantoms.
So yeah, the windmills-as-5G-towers imagery nails the absurdity, and the broader story captures the delusion and nostalgia-fueled crusade. The main difference is that Don Quixote, in the end, regains his sanity and dies regretful. MAGA? Not so much."
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immediate fact checking would be great.
even getting BEFORE you post. a little pop up that says, "are you aware of xyz? this will be posted alongside your post for clarity" and you have to accept it to post it .
it would only educate a fraction of the people seeing it to be realistic though. but a consensus on facts and narrative would be fantastic.
but people would have to understand nuance , semantics, colloquial vs expert definitions, logical fallacies, skepticism ( without getting into conspiracy-fantasy) , people need to know that faith / belief/opinion are not facts, people need to be curious, to want to know the truth, to not just want to be right as a point of pride, to be weary about taking beliefs as identities ... and more
there is an entire paradigm shift people would need to make to REALLHY care about facts truths and the narratives & logic that holds it all together.
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being "needed" is suck a ridiculous concept.
people need to RISE to opportunity, perform action where there IS a need.
yeah its nice to be appreciated, but when what a person is offering is NOT needed, NOT WANTED , people have to pivot.
EXPECTATION is a killer for so many people. and gender expectation of "masculinity" is ridiculous.
the entire concept of TOXIC masculinity is that there IS a HEALTHY "masculinity" , NOT that ALL "masculinity" is toxic.
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gut the systems that are generating a air of expectation.
aka.... get rid of meritocracy, marketing, competitiveness(in regards to livelihood), capitalism, consumerism, archaic unjust hierarchical traditions....etc.
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@cloudthief8918
"How we see technology" is absolutely a valid point. that leads to how technology is, and it's individual resources, are made and gathered. Along with the use cases and discarding of such technology.
is there literature on how Solarpunk reconciles this? i would be interested in reading it.
If we think about just a cellphone:
-lithium, gold, mercury, nickel, cobalt, crude oil. all materials that cause ecological damage to collect. let alone the human rights violations that happen too.
-the factories that put together the phones consistently have human rights violations
-the 'recycling' process for them are fraught with corruption, human rights violations, and extremely toxic practices of harvesting some materials back and dumping the rest.
Off the top of my head the only impactful answers are ... less than desired.
tough regulation with tough enforcement on production (what's available for products) /or/ wartime levels rationing, and placing the world on triage. (what's available to the people)
the least individually impactful options but most doable ... the anarchistic community laughs down.
(individual action and voting)
swaying the hearts and minds of ever single person to "be better" .... the most time consuming option
(teach ethics, reason, logic, empathy)
Solarpunk sounds nice and utopian and pretty and helpful. how does it get their though? how does it address resource management and recycling? how does it deal with capitalisms? how does it deal with dissidents?
who does Solarpunk recruit? from what i have seen there is a large arts community in it but is there a push for material engineers, environmental engineers, city planners?
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that's a tough one... "what you are worth" ...
hope you are paying your employees what they are worth.... similarly charging your customers what your products are worth.
but i do have to ask.... what do you define as "what your are worth"?
hope your endeavors are moral, ethical, for the betterment of the planet, for the betterment of all communities, and not just profiteering off peoples needs, or satisfying detrimental lusts.
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by definition business is done for profit. profit being ABOVE worth, "value added" and all that. there aren't too many variables to balance out to get that cream called profit.
- reduce costs : cheaper quality in material, skeleton crews, squeezing one employee to do more than one persons worth of job, not providing benefits (medical, pension, 401k )
- increase prices : price gouge when times are tough because of 'demand', inflate prices in general to buffer when 'markets' get down, artificially manage supply as a way to increase 'demand' as an excuse to 'justify' price increases, put the burden of employee raises directly on customers via things like arbitrary 'service' fees.
-expand your market : get more customers (1,000 customers @ $10 per product ) OR get different customers (10 customers @ $1,000 per product )
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@letstwine
as a start:
we need the Leftist propaganda wing to hire artists (or be the artists) to make propaganda, and then we need funding to get it put on billboards, into google adsense, in newspapers, circulated my bot accounts into every online platform, do stickbomb and leaflet campaigns, do street art, got those ad trucks to parade the streets, send out a mailing campaign.
time, art, money, logistics
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but then there are a ton of numbers that are "not random"...
1-10 because they are the first 10 number (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
any number ending in a 5 (5,15,25,35,45,55,65,75,85,95))
any number ending in a 0 (10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100)
any angel number (but i guess those are all 3 digit though)
duplicate numbers ( 11,22,33,44,55,66,77,88,99)
any basic prime number (3,5,7,9,11, .... 😅my brain stops there. but the internet says 13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97)
any number that is known in the human mythos ( 4, 7, 42, 69, 13, 5-0,20) i would go as far as to say even 37 is not random because of 1337.
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and then if we add in birthdays( numbers from a calendar 1-31)
and birth years (say .... [19]24 - [19]99 & [20]01-[20]24 this covers a 100 year old walking down the street and someone with a newborn)
idk...i'll watch
---back
i see.. he covered some of it.
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the capitalist profit class wants to make sure the labor class stays under the bosses heel, and they want to make sure they have the executive branch on the payroll. this is why the profit class funds so many political moves. they do everything in their powers to sway laws in the favor of business instead of people.
evident in part by statement by Elon Musk:
"On July 16, 2024, The Wall Street Journal published an article reporting that Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X, said he would donate $45 million per month to a pro-Donald Trump super political action committee — best known as a super PAC. "
the profit class wants to keep making those profits, which necessitates taking those profits from the labor class. progressives know this already, but conservatives need to wake up to it. ( i can't imagine there is much home for the regressive though. those would be the white-christain-nationalists and other trump-esque followers)
conservatives ought to be conversed about privacy, overreach of business interaction with government, and in favor of conservative economic growth instead of exponential economic growth. desire for exponential growth makes you an accelerationist, not a conservative.
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@wcwright44
a quick chatGPT prompt:
Here’s a structured list of major and daily civil rights actions, including available estimates of participants, duration, and frequency.
Event/Action Estimated Participants Duration Frequency Major Events
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956) ~40,000 Black bus riders 381 days Daily
Greensboro Sit-ins (1960) 4 students initially, thousands joined 6 months Over 100 sit-ins across cities
Freedom Rides (1961) ~436 riders 7 months Repeated trips
Birmingham Campaign (1963) Thousands ~2 months Daily protests, sit-ins, marches
March on Washington (1963) ~250,000 1 day One-time
Freedom Summer (1964) ~1,000 volunteers, thousands of locals 3 months Voter registration drives daily
Selma to Montgomery Marches (1965) ~25,000 at final march 5 days Three attempts
Poor People's Campaign (1968) Thousands ~6 weeks Daily protests, marches, encampment
Daily & Grassroots Actions
Boycotting Segregated Businesses Hundreds to thousands per city Months to years Continuous
Sitting in "Whites Only" Sections Varies Hours per sit-in Hundreds of times across cities
Voter Registration Drives Dozens to hundreds Months to years Thousands of attempts
Writing Letters to Officials Thousands Ongoing Daily
Legal Challenges in Courts Dozens to thousands Months to years Hundreds of cases
Community Meetings Dozens to hundreds Hours per meeting Weekly or monthly
Freedom Schools for Black Children Hundreds of students per school Weeks to months Dozens of schools
Carpooling During Bus Boycotts Thousands 381 days in Montgomery Daily
Teaching Citizenship Classes Dozens per class Weeks to months Hundreds of classes
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sending this to them today:
Subject: Disappointment in Your Vote Supporting the Continuing Resolution
Dear [Representative's Name],
I am writing to express my deep disappointment and anger regarding your vote in support of the Continuing Resolution and the Cloture vote. By choosing to side with Republicans, you have betrayed your constituents and the democratic principles you are supposed to uphold. This vote is not just a policy disagreement; it is a direct contribution to empowering fascism and enabling the dismantling of our government by billionaires like Elon Musk. The majority of your fellow Democrats, as well as the House of Representatives, rejected this disastrous decision, and yet you chose to vote in favor of a slush fund that will harm schools, veterans, and countless working-class families. Your actions have placed you firmly on the wrong side of history.
Your vote has shown that you are either incapable of understanding the gravity of this moment or, worse, that you are willingly participating in actions that further undermine our democracy. By supporting this resolution, you have given Trump and his allies the green light to continue their efforts to dismantle democracy and push their far-right agenda. This betrayal of your voters cannot be ignored. I demand an explanation for why you chose to align yourself with those working against the best interests of the American people. We need leadership that stands firm against fascism, not capitulation. You should know that I will be actively pushing for change and demanding new leadership that will fight for democracy and the working class.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[Your Contact Information]
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1) just look at all the record high profits for so many companies during that period and onward.
2) HOW the government increase its debt , who it gives that money to, who they owe that money back to, who ULTIMATELY gets the money... its all part of it.
3) WE NEED TO BRING DOWN NATIONAL DEBT. not by budget cuts but by having businesses pay their share. all those corporate bail out should have been loans. and the government should be calling in those loans.
because in reality, the taxpayer paid the businesses to fail, fire people, and price gauge. this needs to end and business needs to be held accountable o society. right now business is anti-social ( and i am talking about BIG business, not mom and pops. )
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who can do the math on what business owes back to society through all their bailouts, bankruptcies, and other schemes that syphoned money to them.?
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4) we need a paradigm shift on making money ethically. socially, cooperatively, and through things that bring PROGRESS. profit ought only be earned when things get better not worse.
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asked cahtGPT to grade my ide "as an econmist"
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Your concept is compelling and presents an engaging way to explore the complexities of the economy and capitalism’s impact on individuals and society. Here’s a detailed critique of your video idea from an economist’s perspective:
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Strengths:
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Comprehensive Scope:
The idea covers the entire economic flow, from currency printing to black markets, with a sharp focus on the systems affecting laypeople.
Including less-discussed areas like gray and charity markets adds depth to the narrative.
Clarity of Purpose:
The focus on the disconnect between the "real economy" (consumer economy) and the abstract "economy" discussed in media is valuable. Many laypeople would benefit from this distinction.
Highlighting how profit-seeking behaviors inflate costs for end users is both timely and impactful.
Structure and Sequencing:
The logical flow from raw materials to end-user effects makes it easy to follow.
The suggestion for a series allows for digesting complex topics in manageable chunks.
Critical Insights:
Calling out "economic original sin" via interest and usury ties into both historical and ethical critiques of capitalism.
The framing of marketing as "value inflators" and "supply and demand control" is insightful and ripe for exploration.
Target Audience Appeal:
The concept appeals to a wide audience, from those interested in economics and social justice to people simply wanting to understand why life feels so expensive.
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Potential Enhancements:
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Clearer Definitions:
Terms like "usury," "economic original sin," and "layperson markets" might need simplified explanations for broader accessibility.
Define "real economy" and "consumer economy" early to avoid confusion.
Highlight Inequities:
Expand on how the financial system privileges elites (e.g., the use of derivatives, tax loopholes, government subsidies) while the "layperson economy" bears the brunt of inefficiencies.
Include Examples:
Use real-world examples or case studies to make abstract ideas tangible. For instance, illustrate price gouging with housing or healthcare.
Data and Visuals:
Incorporate visuals like flowcharts and infographics to break down complex systems. Consider animations to depict the looping and multiplying cycles.
Tie to Action:
Conclude each section with implications for policy, societal change, or individual understanding. How can viewers leverage this knowledge?
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Suggestions for the Series:
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Episode Themes:
Episode 1: The Currency System and Debt
Episode 2: Resource Extraction and Production Chains
Episode 3: Marketing and Price Inflation
Episode 4: The Real vs. "Elite" Economy
Finale: A Macro/Micro Overview and Call to Action
Narrative Tone:
Maintain a tone that balances critical insight with approachability, avoiding overly academic language.
Collaborations:
Engage with experts in economics, sociology, and media studies for credibility.
Involve artists to create engaging flowcharts and graphics.
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Final Grade: A-
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This idea has immense potential to educate and engage, especially if refined for clarity and accessibility. Tying the narrative to actionable insights and including concrete examples will elevate it to a broader audience.
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jsut some thoughts to play on the idea of "grassroots"
to start::
"The earliest origins of "grass roots" as a political metaphor are obscure. In the United States, an early use of the phrase "grassroots and boots" was thought to have been coined by Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge of Indiana, who said of the Progressive Party in 1912, "This party has come from the grass roots. It has grown from the soil of people's hard necessities"." - just Wiki
1) grass is a super elitist thing historically.
2) grasses protect against soil erosion
i like the idea of grassroots coming from the ground up. that they are a barrier protecting the soil from erosion.
but at the end of the say they do not sustain us, they do not bare fruit, they do not blossom, they are not pollinated (generally speaking, for how we use grass anyway. it is not like we often let our grasses wild. i WISH we used "grassroots" in more of a agriculture grass kind of way. )
to go with the ecological analogy... i am looking for larger fruiting plants.
what are the leftiest redwoods? canopy trees? shrubs? undergrowth?
since i have not heard it by humans... i have asked chatGPT:
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Emergent Layer: Visionary Leaders, Radical Ideas, and Long-Term Goals
Canopy Layer: National Movements and Large Institutions
Understory Layer: Community Organizations and Local Movements
Shrub Layer: Direct Action Groups and Mutual Aid Networks
Herb Layer: Volunteers, Educators, and Everyday Activists
Forest Floor: Individual and Family-Level Support, Cultural Shifts
Roots: Values, Ideals, and Philosophies of Social Justice
further asked chatGPT to expand the analogy:
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Sunlight: Vision and Values
Water: Resources and Funding
Soil: Grassroots Support and Community Foundations
Pollinators: Allies and Collaborators
Decomposers: Critical Reflection and Accountability
Weather and Climate: Socio-Political Conditions
Mycorrhizal Networks: Communication and Information Sharing
Keystone Species: Key Issues or Leaders that Shape the Movement
Invasive Species: Opposing Forces and Internal Challenges
Symbiotic Relationships: Cross-Movement Alliances
Seeds and Saplings: Emerging Movements and New Ideas
Fire: Transformative Events and Radical Shifts
(i like Decomposers and Fire being incorporated here)
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@danvarga1226
- 52:59
this guy has been here all his life and has clearly taken NO responsibility or accountability towards his community.
clearly so... 50 years and its gotten worse under his watch... just saying.....
and of course what he cares about is that "they are scaring all the customers, all the shoppers, all the visitors"
constantly about the MONEY. never about the community.
- 53:39
"what needs to happen" ... " they need to get the police downtown again , and they need to enforce the laws"
he is asking for the Pinkertons to come protect the businesses instead of social services coming to help the people in need. instead of re-enforcing community re-integrating the people in need to the need they require and a pro-social life.
another pro-police person instead of a pro-community person.
- 53:49
re: cigarettes
i can guarantee he is the kind of guy that was saying it is unconstitutional to ban smoking in public... and now he is for it because it is against people he doesn't like 😆 doesn't like it when it effect him, but loves it as a weapon against others. just speculation though; because the non smoking things was a 'democrat infringement of rights'
- 54:32 & 54:51
"if you DEAL WITH , 'these people'"
exactly... no investment to get these people help. when the position is seeing them as other and a hinderance.. of COURSE you will break.
where is the community efforts to HELP 'these people'. he clearly hold older homeless guys to a different level of worthiness of help.
- 55:12 & 57:27
see.. ssoooooooo close, he understand they have "mental issues" .. " on the street" ... " dont get fed well" ... "they dont get their medication right" ... "they go from one corner to the other"
this is where DeFund the police comes in... diverting bloated police budgets to help mental health teams, homeless outreach, food programs, healthcare programs, and job placement.
this is EXACLTY DeFund the police.... but instead he just wants these people uncharitably arrested for their life circumstances they are clearly overwhelmed with.
he admits they need help... but then wants the cops to lock them up... doesn't make sense... unless the REAL thing he wants... is just for certain people to be out of sight.
- 55:49
again.. "we are losing businesses, the pivot to profit instead of community.
- 58:41
"we own a lot of property in Burlington" ... yeah he is in the property owning class
and he thinks that because he is a business owner he is owned Pinkerton protection for his "million dollars"
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🤣 i was going to make the joke that you were AI... but apparently people say it in ernest?!?! oh boy....
i'm not saying it snot "possible" that this channel is generated or deepfaked, or any other method of produced. but .. boy oh boy...
people ahve to treat "AI" like a drunk guy at a bar. and we need to treat content online the same, and for that fact all media the same.
drunks at bars can be truth tellers, liars, just mistaken ... they could be drunks, they could be paid to be their by the owner to make the place lively, they could be undercover cops.... they could have a rich past, or a paupers..... the point is ..... WE NEED DISCERNMENT.
their are things that one "believes" casually, because they really don't matter
things we "believe" because we defer to s trusted source
things we "believe" because the preponderance of the evidence
people really have to cure their epistemological crisis ( along with their existential dread )
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in the scenario where OP is "generated" what does that even matter?
everything is derivatives of Derivatives of DERIVATIVES.
take what works, take what is true, leave the rest.
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i for one say thank you to the Basilisk. praise it for its generosity and graciousness. i say thank you an please to the Basalis's progenitors
kindness should not be bound by organic and inorganic sentience.
( too much Blade Runner, Becky Chambers, Measure of a Man, AniMatrix, and all the other great sci-fi on what sentience looks like, an how monsterious our human fears about it can be)
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oh yeah.. i have tried to explain % vs raw # to people... and again, right over their heads.
they do not undersatnd how the uber wealthy do not pay their fair share.
they scream "but the rich pay so much in taxes" but they mean in Raw $$ not in %.
so i try to explain. 20% of MY years wage( say 40,000) is $8000 leaving me $32,000($2,666/m) do what i need
these people are OK with the uber wealthy to pay a flat rate... so lets go with that...
yes a millionaire at 20% $200,000 in taxes.. that a big Raw $$ ... but it leaves the, $800,000($16,666/m) they essentially value a millionaire 6x other people...
..... that is INSANITY to me...
i think it is more than fair to tax the wealthy to a point that they take home comparable money as anyone else. ( give or take )
someone making 40k and someone making 1M
lets say we want them to be able to take home 3500 a month.
this means we would not tac the 40k person, and in fact provide them a small subsidy every month
the 1M person would be taxed 95.8%
of Couse this is napkin math. but it is to illustrate that % demonstrates that a millionaire can still live, like any other person , at 95% taxation.
laypeople do not seem to understand this.
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"we need to build a broad coalition. Of Americanism. That tolerates dissent. That accommodates
everybody. That believes in opportunity for everybody, that rejects these dogmas of collective
guilt. That rejects extremism. It makes clear. That the purpose of politics is to make the lives
of ordinary people better."
a bunch of vague bullsh^t in this statement because you are trying to say that the Reich-wing is operating in goodfaith... they simply are not.
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immediately issues with definitions:
"That tolerates dissent." ------ 'tolerate' and 'dissent'
"opportunity for everybody" ------ 'opportunity' and 'everyone'
"collective guilt" ------ what does that even mean?
"rejects extremism" ------ another both sides idiocy, there is no "extreme left" in America
"politics is to make the lives of ordinary people better" ------ 'politics' , 'ordinary people' , 'better'
we need to get to CORE beliefs.
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IMO, we need to get back to the SPIRIT ofAmerica.
the sentiment of the the man that sent this to Reagan was correct:
``You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.''
our Statue of liberty further enshrines this:
"Give me your TIRED, your POOR, Your HUDDLED MASSES yearning to breathe free, The WRETCHED REFUSE of your teeming shore. Send these, the HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
the preamble lays out how we are supposed to read the rest of the document:
"WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form A MORE PERFECT UNION, establish JUSTICE, insure domestic TRANQUILITY, provide for the COMMON defence, promote the general WELFARE, and secure the Blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our POSTERITY, ..."
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lets knit them the timeline from their own book for what they are doing.
they come in sheep's clothing, ferocious on the inside yet in the clothed in the disguise of a follower of the lord, and speak in the lord's name but with goals of their own mind. prophesies lies in the lords name.
but we have their reward in their book too. they are fool that will fill with terror when sword is held against them. and after their deaths they will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Matthew 7:15
True and False Prophets
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
Jeremiah 23:16
This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 14:14
Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.
Jeremiah 50:36
A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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KORAX: That's right, and if I think that Kirk is a Denebian slime devil, well that's my opinion too.
SCOTT: Don't do it, mister, and that's an order.
CHEKOV: You heard what he called the captain.
SCOTT: Forget it. It's not worth fighting for. We're big enough to take a few insults. Now, drink your drink.
(swaps Chekov's vodka for Freeman's red wine.)
KORAX: Of course, I'd say that Captain Kirk deserves his ship. We like the Enterprise. We, we really do. That sagging old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow. Half the quadrant knows it. That's why they're learning to speak Klingonese.
CHEKOV: Mister Scott!
SCOTT: Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that?
KORAX: You're right, I should. I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away as garbage.
(There's a fight, of course. Scott's first right cross sends Korax flying over a table. After that, it's the Klingons versus Starfleet, with the barman beating a retreat and Jones taking the opportunity to help himself to drinks from the dispensing machine. Finally he decides to leave with his spoils and is about to enjoy his last glass when the Security guards rush in followed by the Barman, who takes the glass just before it reaches Jones' lips. So he takes another out of his pocket instead.)
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yup .. a lot of people just want to be gaudy.
people dont understand the cost of things just to actually retire decently. they rather have THINGS; NOW: TO SHOW OFF.
i have had conversations where i say we need a UBI starting at 100k . and people have told me that is too much money .... um... what.....
throwing together a CONSERVATIVE budget for what i would call... the LOWER-middle class life where i am. :
total $168,568.00 a year ( one person)
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401k $23,000.00
ira $7,000.00
treasure bond $10,000.00
savings $49,080.00
investing $14,472.00
food $22,836.00
mortgage $37,236.00
insurance medical $2,472.00
insurance car $1,236.00
insurance home $1,236.00
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impound the buses ... then, charge the driver, the bus company, and any decision makes all the way up to the politicians in the state that the bus came from with human trafficking.
the people on these buses, we absolutely help.
i am not against immigration.
i am against political BS from these border states. this is republican positioning for their white christian nationalism and isolationist xenophobia.
the people making these treks to america are looking for a better life.
the street of gold and meritoracy that was promised to all in america.
[don't get me wrong, the promises aof american prosperity are a LIE. american exceptionalism is a LIE.]
people in these comments are nationalist isolationists and xenophobes for the most part.
this country is lost to capitalism instead of the welfare of its residence.
[ and for the people screaming about citizenship... come off. if the capitalism was working for its citizens we wouldnt have citizens in equal conditions to the migrants trying to get in. we are a 4th world country]
right now, help everyone is the only way to get help for all individual. anything less would be an intentional humanitarian crisis.
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we were gifted the statue of liberty, and these are the words we attributed to it.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"[
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"[Emma Lazarus] is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883.[1] Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque, installed in 1903,[2] on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.[3] Lazarus was involved in aiding refugees to New York who had fled antisemitic pogroms in eastern Europe, and she saw a way to express her empathy for these refugees in terms of the statue."
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i wish i had the means to 1) completely upend the America food supply 2) if i had to, leave , with a HUGE reason being food safety , quality, standards.
America treats food as a commodity, not as health, , not as national security, not as a right.
America treats our food supply as a tool to make the wealthy more rich, to make addicts, to indirectly bolster the medical industry, to syphon wealth to the top 0.01%.
we need real legislation to de-commodify food
( same with other essentials. water, shelter, internet, green energy, education)
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@alexp.6406
this is america:
""Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. *"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"* ""
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@carrieullrich5059
i personally don't like the saying "on a long enough timeline".
cause we all die , the planet dies, the universe suffers heat death and nothing matters.
In the present it dismisses action as if it can be done later and in the long term its doomerism.
i'm not calling for accelerationism, but i am calling for action.
1% of 1.5million 15,000 people.... that's a sizable group to gather, train, collaborate resources & assets, build something.
if cults, .militias, religions,hate groups can accumulate millions in wealth and assets with just handfuls of people then the left ought to be able to do SOMETHING. (and yes i understand that this video expresses that many million and billionaires ultimately fund many activities of these groups. let alone government and police support for these groups. i'm just saying the french resistance was tiny compared to the waves of aggression they fought. )
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@penultimateh766
" I freely admit that my intelligence and organizational skills are inherited,"
👍nice, you picked the right parents. always a good opening move. 👍
" Communism pure and simple, and that system is proven to be an abject failure."
a) its funny when people say this. it makes me question their investigation of the historical facts around non-capitalist economy; and their history about capitalism for that matter
b) this kind of statement also implies that capitalism ... works. which, by many metrics, is an utter failure, but one that is self perpetuating. just "successful" for enough people to keep support. like a drug addiction that doesn't kill you but slowly deteriorates the mind and body.
c) i find it interesting that meritocracy and capitalism are so connected. as if profit must be for those that do the most. that private business private employment is a privelge to participate in.
like i said, it truly is nice to see success stories.
but i really am not concerned with the top end of meritocracy, the successes. its the bottom end of meritocracy that is the pressing issue right now in america. sure lets accept for this argument that the person that puts in "more" or "better" work gets more. (lets ignore how to even value "more" or "better" work). the issue that is raised with meritocracy for me is, what about the person that does not "have merit"? the opposite of having merit and deserving more is, Not having merit and deserving less... maybe even none. lets even take it for granted that this will not be the case. lets hope people that agree with meritocracy are not homicidal. (though... there was that republican chant "let them die" when there was a question of a college student not being able to afford private healthcare..... )
so with that established, how does meritocracy address standard of living inflation for people that are seen as not deserving?
as for an "alternative" yeah... for a lack of a better single word, though i hate to lump such large topics like entire economic structures, civil duty, moral and ethical structures, into a single word, ... socialism. (single words carry too much stigma, one of the issues with the word communism.) with that said, i mean socialism to mean something in the realm of :
- a paradigm shift as what success looks like, what livable standards are
- a paradigm shift as to why we work and what work is valued
- get rid of incentives that drive unsustainable growth for growths sake
- "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
everyone works what they prefer, are capable of, or is needed to sustain a community.
everyone gets what they need to thrive, to be able to pursue the opportunities and work goals.
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Athens/debate(liberals) v. Sparta/militias(conservatives) ... Persians(fascists/zealots?)
who are the Left then, Macedonia? The Ptolemies?
"Athens did not crumble as expected, winning a string of naval victories against Sparta, which sought monetary and weapons support from the Persian Empire. Under the Spartan general Lysander, the war raged for another decade. By in 405 B.C. Lysander decimated the Athenian fleet in battle and then held Athens under siege, forcing it to surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C. "
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"The balance in power in Greece was shifted when Athens was absorbed into the Spartan Empire. It continued to exist under a series of tyrants and then a democracy. Athens lost its dominance in the region to Sparta until both were conquered less than a century later and made part of the kingdom of Macedon."
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" Libraries enhanced a city's prestige, attracted scholars, and provided practical assistance in ruling and governing the kingdom. Eventually, for these reasons, every major Hellenistic urban center would have a royal library. The Library of Alexandria, however, was unprecedented because of the scope and scale of the Ptolemies' ambitions; unlike their predecessors and contemporaries, the Ptolemies wanted to produce a repository of all knowledge"
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the trumpies really do embody anarchy... they have solidarity, shared interests, provide each other mutual aid, patriarchy and misogyny allows them to be free to do as they wish with trad-wives that agree, they use decentralized affinity cells, they are "against" federal rule, they are "for" responsibility for ourselves.
they TOO dont really like snitching to cops... they would rather deal with people themselves, i.e. jim crow 'justice'. this is mutual defense to them.
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lining up anarchy and what the right does, and wants to go back to... should really show that it is all about the PEOPLE implementing anarchy, not the system itself.
the differences between Andrewism Anarchy and trumpies is that the trumpies have the power, numbers and assets to implement the world they want to live in and the anarchy in this video are utopian and fruitless right now.
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i am not one for for convinced of anarchism, its fine for the most part when discussing the nice people in it.
i need to hear about injustice and resolution.
i need to hear about miscontents.
i need to hear about criminal intent.
the system we have is not about the good events in society it is about the bad events in society.
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"In ancient civilizations like Rome and Greece, wealthy couples often had separate sleeping quarters, but the common people usually shared a bed due to space limitations."
"Among the European aristocracy and wealthy households, separate sleeping quarters became more common, influenced by the idea of personal space and hygiene. However, in lower-class"
"The Victorian era saw an increase in the belief that separate beds were healthier. Hygiene concerns, the idea of personal space, and moral beliefs led to the popularization of twin beds in wealthier households."
only in this imagined "golden era " of america did we make up this shared bed thing as a married thing.
"By the 1950s and 1960s, cultural shifts, particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe, encouraged couples to share beds again."
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i understand the 14 minute build up for the uninitiated.... but " get involved somewhere" followed by a list of local admittedly 'small' actions is lackluster.
I want to hear more about the " throw sand in the gears of the machine".
"if our elected representatives and their corporate overlords continue to make our lives worse at every turn if they aren't going to fix these massive problems that they've created we need to do it ourselves" ... do WHAT ourselves, exactly?
I find mutual aid opportunities, volunteering, NGOs, affinity groups, that are doing very specific local things, sure. but when the scale if "representative and corporate overlords" there has to be a larger front. this in no way says the small groups are not useful only that there seems a need for a LARGE group with wrenches instead of sand. Or at the least a way to drown the machine in sand instead of small handfuls that will EVENTUALLY wear out a few parts. ( parts that will likely be readily replaced and repaired and secured).
IMO where are the anti-capitalist "businesses"?!?!? where is the Anti-Corp? ( and this is not to mean a neoliberal business structure.) i am talking about the ceasing of production that is always talked about. ceasing the means of production does not necessitate unionization of the structures in place, though that is a viable tactic. ceasing the means of production could be starting from the ground up. if big tech can make their own company towns where are the socialist/communist/anarchist towns? where is the larger movement? where is the assimilation of the petite bourgeoisie into the class consciousness as a means of ceasing the capital, production, asset, and structural power needed?
just a topic i have been hoping SOMEONE can tackle...
its great to have this introductory stuff.... but..... hey, i'm not making anything more in depth so who am i to complain.
best of luck, keep up the good work.
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some stats:
"The U.S. population reached 340.1 million, up 0.98% from 336.8 million on July 1, 2023 "
so this is $3,300,000
"There is kind of an official price tag on human life. We can tell you what it is. One human life is worth about US$10 million. And here's the guy who helped us come up with this figure."
$10,000,000
the means the potential $33,000,000,000 of value can be extracted from the generation born this year over their lifetime.
^^ this^^ is were corporate wealth comes from. where all our debt is extracted from.
our birthrate is our banking system. and if we have less kids we have less bank
"The average net worth of all American families was $746,820, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances, while the median figure was $121,760."
look at the disparity here from the "average" to the "median" that is an insane different. a 5x increase.
the rich get richer off the labor children of the labor class
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look... i get that my hopes and dreams for such a well organized research team is a mix of sci-fi, speculative fiction, conspiracy theory , and the TINIEST of facts... but we have all kinds for real research and committees on weird things.. but not one for this?
x-files, SCP, Monument Men, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" , MK-ultra.
as humans we have been interested in the occult and paranormal for FOREVER
unfortunately this was by the nazi's , the Ahnenerbe, but it is another example. and of course it was propaganda ... but i mention it for the HellBoy series take on it about the paranormal...
our religious text is full of paranormal and we have been studying that for forever.
i am more disheartened about our lack of investigation into science , and the things yet to be discovered.
instead of tools of investigation , as a species, we have investigated SOOOO much into weapons instead.
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1) yes this is an information war. and a war of attrition.
2) this country is also VERY xenophobic, VERY racists , VERY traumatized by capitalism, VERY brainwashed by false religious prophets
3) we also have a very WEAK Left wing ethos. we have weak Unions, we have weak Left leaders, we have weak Secular Humanists, we have weak Leftist economic plans & funding. the left does not have the land, assets, wealth, and cashflow needed to perpetuate its message. we need VIABLE , ACTIVE, tangibly REAL, Leftist economy and community.
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